Book "Thermal Flight" - BURKHARD MARTENS - 2021 EDITION

Everything you ever wanted to know about thermal flight is in this book.

It is the ideal companion, whether you want a quick introduction or an in-depth study of the subject.

Burkhard Martens, through his experience, offers us educational explanations on:

- the formation, nature and structure of thermals

- thermals upwind, downwind

- trigger points

- clouds make the most of thermals

- the temperature gradient

- the dynamics and the valley breezes

- fleece: how to measure and use it?

- distance flight strategies

- advice from Bruce Goldsmith.

Numerous photos and illustrations in context make understandable what, if read alone in a very detailed text, would be less so. They facilitate the reader's reflection, who finds information there that can be assimilated immediately.

Brand new, completely rewritten French version.

Format: 160 x 235 mm four-color - 256 pages.